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US 11,110,898 B2Granted
Device for detachably linking a wiper blade to a driven wiper arm
AssigneesValeo North America, Inc., Delmex de Juarez S. de R.L. de C.V.
InventorsAndreas Fink, Wolfgang Scholl, Gerhard Schremmer
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Abstract
A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.
Claims20
A wiper blade assembly, comprising:
- a wiper blade;
- an element connected to the wiper blade;
- and
- a connector to be coupled to said wiper blade via the element such that at least a pivotable portion of said connector and said wiper blade pivot relative to each other about a pivot, said pivot having a pivot axis extending through lateral side walls of said connector in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said wiper blade;
- wherein said connector has a region through which the pivot axis extends, a head section on a front side of the connector relative to the region, and at least one flexible tab extending to a rear side of the connector relative to said region, said at least one flexible tab being positioned on a lateral side of said connector, the at least one flexible tab having a receiving member extending laterally from the at least one flexible tab, and the receiving member including a first edge that faces toward the head section, and the first edge is angled such that a top of the first edge is closer to the head section of the connector in a direction of the longitudinal axis than a bottom of the first edge.
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A wiper blade assembly, comprising:
- a wiper blade;
- an element connected to the wiper blade;
- and
- a connector to be coupled to said wiper blade via the element such that at least a pivotable portion of said connector and said wiper blade pivot relative to each other about a pivot, said pivot having a pivot axis extending through lateral side walls of said connector in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said wiper blade;
- wherein said connector has a region through which the pivot axis extends, a head section on a front side of the connector relative to the region, and at least one flexible tab extending to a rear side of the connector relative to said region, said at least one flexible tab being positioned on a lateral side of said connector, the at least one flexible tab having a receiving member extending laterally outward from the at least one flexible tab, and the receiving member including a front face on a front side of said receiving member, said front face being inclined such that a top edge of said front face is nearer to said pivot in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the wiper blade than a bottom edge of said front face.
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A wiper blade assembly, comprising:
- a wiper blade;
- and
- a connector coupled to said wiper blade such that at least a pivotable portion of said connector and said wiper blade pivot relative to each other about a pivot, said pivot having a pivot axis extending through lateral side walls of said connector;
- wherein said connector has a region through which the pivot axis extends, a head section on a front side of the connector relative to the region, and at least one flexible tab extending to a rear side of the connector relative to said region, said at least one flexible tab being positioned on a lateral side of said connector, the at least one flexible tab having a receiving member extending laterally from the at least one flexible tab, the receiving member including a front edge that faces toward the head section, and the front edge is angled such that a top of the front edge is closer to the pivot of the connector in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the wiper blade than a bottom of the front edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.